South Geeks is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer focused on Machine Learning to join our team. You will bridge backend software engineering and applied machine learning, building the systems that bring intelligent features to life in production. We foster a people-centered culture focused on innovation, collaboration, and supporting your personal and professional development.
What You'll Do
- Build and maintain scalable backend systems that power ML-driven features.
- Collaborate with ML engineers and data scientists to fine-tune and adapt pre-trained models.
- Design APIs and backend services that expose ML functionality to client applications.
- Automate deployment workflows with CI/CD, versioning, and reproducibility.
- Monitor production performance of models and implement rollback or retraining as needed.
- Ensure systems are performant, secure, and meet reliability and latency goals.
What We're Looking For
- 7+ years of experience in backend software development with Python, Go, or Java.
- Experience integrating and customizing ML models with PyTorch, TensorFlow, or Hugging Face.
- Strong understanding of REST APIs and service-oriented architectures.
- Proven experience deploying ML models into production environments.
- Proficiency with cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure.
Nice to Have
- Hands-on experience with model fine-tuning.
- Familiarity with MLOps tools for deployment and monitoring.
- Exposure to A/B testing, model performance monitoring, and observability.
- Experience with streaming data platforms like Kafka or Pub/Sub.
Technical Stack
- Languages: Python, Go, Java
- ML Frameworks: PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face
- Cloud: AWS, GCP, Azure
- Streaming: Kafka, Pub/Sub
Benefits & Compensation
- Long-term projects
- 100% remote work
- Payment in USD
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Work from Home (WFH) & Training reimbursement
- English lessons
- Technical training
- Career coaching
Work Mode
This is a 100% remote position for candidates located in Latin America (LATAM).
South Geeks is an equal opportunity employer.



